CHICAGO, IL - UAL Corporation, ka hui paʻa nona kāna ʻoihana mua ʻo United Airlines, i kēia lā ua hoʻolaha i kahi kūʻai kūʻai a hoʻolimalima i hoʻohui ʻia ma kahi o US $ 150 miliona o ke kālā i ka wai paʻa ʻole o ka hui.
Ua kūʻai aku ka hui i 15 Boeing 757 mokulele iā East Shore Aircraft, LLC, he lālā nona piha o Wayzata Opportunities Fund II, LP, no kahi o US $150 miliona. E hoʻolimalima ʻo United Airlines i kēia mau mokulele mai East Shore Aircraft, LLC a e hoʻomau i ka hana a mālama i ka mokulele.
Me ka pau ʻana o kēia hana, ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻo United ma mua o US $ 250 miliona o ka US $ 300 miliona o ke kālā hou i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka hui e manaʻo nei e hoʻonui i ka hapaha ʻehā o 2008, ma luna o kahi kokoke i US $ 1.4 biliona i hoʻonui ʻia e ka hui ma ka hapaha ekolu o keia makahiki.
"ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hoʻopaʻa kūleʻa ʻana i kahi kālepa kālā ʻē aʻe ʻoiai nā mākeke hōʻaiʻē paʻa. I loko o kēia ʻano hoʻokele waiwai paʻakikī, ke hana nei mākou i nā ala kūpono, me kēia kālā a me ke kālā nui a United i hōʻiliʻili i nā hapaha mua o kēia makahiki, e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai kūpono, "wahi a Kathryn Mikells, CFO o United. "I ka manawa like, paipai ʻia mākou e ka hāʻule nui o nā kumukūʻai wahie - kā mākou kumukūʻai nui loa - ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o United i kā mākou hana e hoʻi i ka loaʻa kālā i ka makahiki aʻe."
